Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Railroaded

At one time Iowa was crawling with railroad depots. You couldn't throw a cow catcher without hitting one even in the small, I mean small, towns. From the amazing Iowa Heritage Digital Collections, Exhibit A here is a photo of a depot in Livermore, Iowa. Population not so big. It says MSTL under the picture and that stands for Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad. I didn't even know that railroad ever existed! Not one of your top ten carriers, but hey, it stopped in Livermore. Here's a fun book for you on the topic: Regional railroads of the Midwest. The pictures are in color! Go nuts!

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